A Birthday Party, A Christmas Tea and A Sick Diva!

I know it is a long title for this post but I really didn't know what else to call it! I guess I could have called it Random Stuff but that really is not very creative now is it? Let me explain the title in detail!

Yesterday was our Christmas program at church and it was called Happy Birthday Jesus and we even had a birthday cake! The whole program was too awesome for words! The choir sang and the kids did a really cute drama! Now is the point where I would post some super cute photos but I was on stage the whole time and could not take photos so I only have a few to share! I know you are shocked by this but I am not super woman and I don't even try to be!

There was no nursery yesterday so the Knight was in charge of wrangling the Diva for the duration of the service (remember I was on stage the whole time)! It was fun to watch them interact from my vantage point until the Diva raised her hand in praise while I was supposed to be singing and I began to cry happy tears! What a precious sight! I did great until the little Wise men came in and they sent me into tears again! How cute were they?

By the afternoon, I realized the Diva was not feeling the best! She curled up on my lap in her holiday dress and princess shoes (all of which she refused to take off) and fell asleep! She napped for a couple of hours and only woke in time for me to head to my friend Laurie's Christmas tea party! I left for an hour or so to enjoy time with the ladies and what a great time it was! Lots of tea varieties and LOTS of homemade goodies! It was awesome and it was snowing while we were there! Talk about Christmas spirit!

Anyway, I got home and the Diva was still feeling bad so I gave her some Tylenol for the fever and she rested in my arms for the evening! We went to bed and in the night she spiked a fever and cried uncontrollably so it was a long night for all of us! I am exhausted and hoping to get her to nap soon so I can too!

The Sleeping Angel & The Angry Angel

Yesterday was our Christmas program at church. I sang and Sadie was an angel, she was not happy about being there! The day started out great! When she got up I asked her if she wanted to be an angel at church and her reply was "Yes, I want to bite an angel." I gently reminded her that there is a difference between "be" and "bite" but we got a big kick out of that all day.

Yesterday was also the coldest day of the year and the first day of winter and we were travelling between houses for Christmas. Brrrrrrrrrr. I hate to be cold! Anyway it was fun and when we got home all I could think about was posting new pics from the program so I guess that is the purpose of this post!

The baby in most of the photos is Jonathon (1 month, 1 day) and he played the Baby Jesus for both services and never made a peep! He was a complete angel! Unlike my angry angel! I hope you enjoy the photos! I have to tell you that I am totally in love with these pictures and I really think that they are my favorite to date! There is just something about the innocence of this little being that captured my heart and I know he will capture yours also!

Sadie and Santa.

Waiting to see Santa.

Hello? Santa? Can you hear me now?

Well we made the trek to the mall to see the big man in red. It was a crazy scene! Keep in mind that I don't consider our mall a real mall because there are very few stores. The only time this place is busy is during the holiday season when all the vendors set up in the center of the mall to peddle their wares.

We left the house at 1:30 because Santa was supposed to be there at 2:00. When we got there we were fourth or fifth in line and, of course, the photographer was late. Finally, it was our turn and all Sadie could think about was the candy cane she would get when she was done. Not mention the fact that she would not put the Ipod or the cell phone down long enough for me to get a good picture but at least she wasn't screaming.

The other issue is that she that she filled her pants right before her it was her turn to sit on his lap and there was NO way I was getting out of line because it was now half a mile long! I couldn't smell her but Spencer could so I am not sure if Santa could smell her or not! He never let on that he smelled her so right after she was done we made our way to the bathroom to change her and finish our walk around the "mall".

Spencer was ready to go since he has not been in the best of moods since the whole IRR call back to active duty came the other day! In fact, he has been so depressed that he cries every time he looks at Sadie and it is heartbreaking.

Today is our busy day because we have our Christmas program at church. I am singing and Sadie is going to be an angel in the program. Immediately following church we are off to Spencer's Dad's house for Christmas and then to Spencer's Mom later in the afternoon. By the time we get home we will all exhausted.